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Today we prepare medieval crispelli di carne, meatballs made with pork belly, from a beautiful cookbook written in the Tuscan vernacular by an anonymous author in the 14th century, titled Libro de la Cocina.

Ingredients:
pork belly
cheese
eggs
flour
sugar
aromatic herbs (rosemary, sage, fennel)
lard
salt

Lentils with oregano and mint: https://youtu.be/HfragNtl_F4
Minced herbs with meatballs: https://youtu.be/Tes81X2QHwY

For more info about this recipe check out our blog: https://historicalitaliancooking.home.blog/english/recipes/medieval-tuscan-fried-meatballs

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Music by Lilium Aeris
Andrea Tuffanelli – lute
Serena Fiandro – gemshorn
Qant amors trobet partit – Peirol (ca. 1160 – 1220s)

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8 Comments

  1. Would the stuffed pastas mentioned in the source have been largely the same in the 1300s, or would they have differed?

  2. I use to cook very similar meatballs (pork, parmigiano, herbs and cinnamon instead of sugar )…and so I'm happy to learn today that it's so old recipe….😀

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